Anders Ryssdal is one of Norway’s most highly respected litigators. He has argued a great number of cases before Norwegian and international courts, and he is top ranked under Dispute Resolution in Chambers and Legal 500.

Anders has brought 30 cases before the Supreme Court, of which 6 cases in plenary and grand chamber. He has extensive experience with arbitration and serves regularly as arbitrator. He also handles class-action lawsuits.

Anders’ particular expertise is within disputes over limited liability law, company law, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), securities trading law, financial market law, contract law, competition law, public law, human rights  and international law. He oversees parallel processes in several countries. Anders also has extensive experience as member of boards of directors, supervisory boards and election committees of listed and unlisted companies.

Relavant work experience

• 2017 – Partner, Advokatfirmaet Glittertind AS
• Until 2016 Partner, Wiersholm 
• 2004–2008 Chair, Norwegian Bar Association

Membership | post

• Member of the Norwegian Bar Association
• Right to appear before the Supreme Court
• Norwegian member of the ICC Court of Arbitration 2010-2016
• Chairman of Eiendomsspar AS and Victoria Eiendom AS
• Chair of the Nomination Committee of Orkla ASA, Wallenius Wilhelmsen ASA, and Pandox AB
• Head of several Norwegian law committees

Relevant education

• Cand jur (University of Oslo)
• Master of Law (Harvard)
• Dr juris (University of Oslo)

Languages

• Norwegian
• English
• The Scandinavian languages

"His deep knowledge and experience make him easy to cooperate with in the sense that he quickly identifies the crucial points. He is a strong and convincing figure in court and very good in procedure." - CHAMBERS

"The practice is forward-thinking, efficient, and easy to communicate with. It has an open mind when it comes to legal strategy, is open to new approaches to complex cases, and has a considerable amount of resources. Very satisfied with the lawyers' performance." - LEGAL 500